Apparel-shirt.



Patented Sept. 4, |900.

C. F. MILLER.,

APPAREL SHIRT. (Application led Dec. 7, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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CHARLES F. MILLER, OF CINCINNATI, OI-IIC, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES ARTHUR FETTERS, EBENEZER YV. LEWIS, AND HANS WALTER DIERECKE, OF SAME PLACE.

APPAREL-SHIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 657.273, dated September 4, 1900. Application tiled December 7l 1899. Serial No. 739,472. (No model.)

To all tf1/71,0771, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES F. MILLER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fastening Devices for Shirts and other Garments, of which the following is a specification.

This in vention relates to certain improvements in shirts, and has for its object to provide a shirt having improved means for securing the neckband in lieu of the ordinary button, the device being of a simple and inexpensive nature and being secu rely attached to the shirt, so as to be in position for use at all times, and being formed from textile material, so as not to be subject to damage when the shirt is laundered.

The invention consists in certain novel features of the construction, combination, and arrangement of the improved securing device whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device is made simpler, cheaper, and otherwise better adapted for use, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully deiined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings,which serve to illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a view showing a fragment of a shirt at the rear part of the neckband and having my improved securing device applied thereto; and Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing the shirt as it appears with the improved secu ring device in use. Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary section taken through the rear part of the shirt at the neckband and showing the securing device as it appears when used for securing not only the shirt-neckband, but also the rear part of the collar and for holding the rear part of the necktie down in place. Fig. #tis aview showing the tape from which the securing device is formed. Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the securing device detached from the shirt. Fig. 6 is a view showing-a portion of the back part of a shirt at the neckband to illustrate a modiiied form of the securing device. Fig. 7 is a view showing, detached, still another modiiied form of the securing means.

In the views,1 indicates the shirt as a whole, and 2 indicates the neckband thereof, the shirt being formed at its back with a slit or opening 3, the edges Lt and 5 of. the shirt at said opening' being felled in the ordinary manner.

6 indicates as a whole the improved securing device, made in the form of a tongue or strap produced from a strip of tape or other flexible textile material having one end doubled, as shown at 7 in Figs. 3 and 5, and sewed fast to the neckband 2 at one end atthe edge of opening 3, as shown herein. The other end 9 of the tongue or strap 6 extends down from the neckband 2, being free from the shirt, and is formed with a pointed or rounded extremity to adapt it to be readily passed through a huttonhole 10 in the opposite end of the neckband 2 at the side 5 of opening3 to secure the shirt around the neck of the wearer.

The tongue or strap 6 of the securing' device is produced by doubling the tape of which it is formed upon itself to form two plies 13 and 14:, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, and said plies aresecured together by a line of stitches ll, extending centrally along them to the pointed end 9 of the tape,the other ply 14 of said tape or strip being of less length than the inner ply 13 and having its edges free from said inner ply, so as to form at the ends of the outer ply le wings or parts 12, adapted to project from the inner ply 13 in position to engage the rear face of tho neckband 2 above the buttonhole 10, as shown in Fig. 2, to hold the opening 3 closed. At the same time the parts or wings 12 may be pressed down by the lingers ofthe wearer, so as to be iiush upon the inner ply 13 of the tape to enable the tongue to be drawn back through the buttonhole 10 to unfasten the neckband from around the neck.

In forming the tongue or strap 6 a strip of tape or the like is employed, as shown in Fig. 4, this tape having its ends folded along the lines 15 to prevent raveling, after which the two plies 13 and 14E are produced by folding the tape upon itself, the pointed end 9 being formed by folding the lateral portions of the tape inward along the dotted lines 17 and securing said inward folds by stitches 16, as shown in Fig. 5.4 Aseam is then .run along the folded part of the tape, as indicated at 18 in Fig. 4, to produce the stitches l1, uniting the two plies 13 and 14 of the tongue 6.

p The improved securing device may be also used for holding a collar to the-neckband and for holding the back part of a necltie down in proper position, as indicated in Fig. 3. As shown in this view, the tongue or strap 6 is passed through the buttonhole of the collar x after being passed through the buttonhole 10 of the neckband, and its wings 12 will4 engage the said collar to hold the tongue against slipping back throughsaid buttonholes. The end of the tongue or strap is bent down after being passed through the collarbuttonhole and extends down over and outside the back part of the necktie (indicated at y in Fig. 3) to hold the same down in place and is itself held down by the vest or coat .z of the wearer. The end 9 of the tongue 6 may, if desired, be passed through the usual lower buttonhole 10iL in the edge 5 of the shirt to hold the end of said tongue down in place, particularly where no vest or coat is worn.

By this construction it will be seen that the securing device permits of securely closing the neckband of the shirt and also of securing the collarand holding the tie down at the back part of said neckband, so as to dispense with the use of collar-buttons. The securing device being attached to the shirt is not liable to become lost or to chafe the neck of the wearer and being made of textile material is not in the way and cannot be damaged when the shirt is being laundered.A Further, the device effects a saving to manufacturers and laundrymen by permitting the neckbands of the shirts to be closed without the expense of the collar-buttons commonly \"\limiting myself to the precise form and are rangement of the several parts herein set forth, .For example, in some cases the con-l struction shown in Fig. 6 maybe employed. In this construction the securing device has its tape 6 provided with a laterally-enlarged and pointed end portion 19, whereby shoulders 2O are produced at opposite sides of the tape lor tongue near the end thereof. The

'end 19 of the tongue is adaptedto be carried down and passed through a loop or opening 21 in the shirt, so as to hold the securing dervice drawn down by the engagement of the shoulders 2O with the sides of said loop or opening 21. In other cases a securing device as shown in Fig. 7 may be employed, this form of the device being exactly similar to that shown in Figs. 1 to 5, except that the wings 12 are omitted.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. A shirt or other garment having a band provided at one end with a buttonhole, and at its other end with a tongue secured at one extremity to said band and having its opposite end free from the lgarment and adapted t0 be passed through said buttonhole, said tongue having Wings secured at the central part of one of its surfaces and adapted to be folded flat against the surface of the tongue to which they are secured to permit the free passage of the tongue through the buttonhole and also adapted to project from the surface of the tongue for engagement with the edges of the buttonhole when the tongue is passed through the same, substantially as setforth.

2. A shirt or other garment having a securing device attached to a band .of the garment and formed of a strip of textile material folded to form two plies secured together by stitches passed centrally along the strip, one ply being of less length than the other and having its edge portions free from the longer ply, and adapted to project therefrom to form wings for engagement with the edges of a buttonhole, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me at Cincinnati, Ohio, this 29th day of November, 1899.

CHARLES F. MILLER.

Witnesses:

JOHN ELIAS JONES, F. W. LAMMERs.

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